The Sprotbrough Arrow April 2018

The Sprotbrough Also covering Warmsworth, 4800 distribution monthly

April 2018

Arrow Publications

Issue No. 151

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Welcome to the April issue of The Sprotbrough Arrow.

Spring has sprung at last! Hurrah! The nights are getting lighter and what a wonderful feeling it brings.

I hope everyone enjoyed Mother’s Day and had the chance to spoil or be spoilt!

It’s great to see the local primary schools’ celebrating World Book Day after being delayed by the ‘Beast from the East’, (a title for a book if I ever saw one)! There were some fantastic outfits from the children. Well done everyone! Did you know, there are approx. 770,000 children in the UK who do not own one single book! A staggering statistic...let’s hope World Book Day continues to draw attention to the importance of reading books to young children so this figure can be reduced.

The deadline for the May issue will be Wednesday 18th April. The May Arrow will be delivered by the last weekend in April.

Happy Easter Michelle Sidebottom Tel: 01302 534256 / 07795 387937 email: michelle@arrowpublications.co.uk

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Community News Sprotbrough Knit & Na er Group meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month in the Stable Room, Main Street, Sprotbrough 2 - 4p.m.

Since star ng in 2015, through our efforts we have donated more than £3,000 to local chari es including Don men a and Yorkshire Air Ambulance. If you would like to join us contact Carole/Joan 01302 782776.

Jigsaw Puzzle Library & Coffee Morning 2nd Tuesday each month 9.30-11.30. Stable Room, St. Mary's Church, Sprotbrough.

We have over 500 jigsaws of various sizes in stock and hire out £1 each to take home and return the following month. Unique to the area! We have donated nearly £3,000 to more than 30 local chari es so if you feel you might be interested, why not give us a try. A warm welcome awaits you.

Contact Liz 01302 311933

Parish Luncheon Club, Newton Arms, Sprotbrough, last Thursday each month 12 noon. Now into our 6th year! So if you are feeling lonely, fed up or just bored and would like to meet and make new friends why not come and join around Phone 40/45 other likeminded people? Quiz and raffle and usually away by 1.45p.m.

Disabled facili es, parking and bus stop nearby.

Contact Carole 01302 782776 (not the Newton) you will be made most welcome.

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Community News SPROTBROUGH MUSIC

Live !

THE MARIA CAMAHORT QUINTET

Spain comes to Sprotbrough!

An evening of music by Spanish composers with a very original approach sharing with the audience the vivid colours, earthy textures and rhythms of Spanish musical art.

Thursday 19th April @ 7.00pm

(join us from 6.30 for pre-concert drink)

St. Mary’s Church Hall

Admission £8 (members) £14 (non-members) Or annual subscription

Presented by SPROTBROUGH MUSIC SOCIETY. with generous support from our patrons

WARMSWORTH LADIES’ CLUB

Do join us. Find friends and a cheery welcome at our meetings on 03 Apr 10 Apr 17 Apr owl) 24 Apr

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EASTER BREAK Noor Ministries in Pakistan Owlin Mad (complete with

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Everyone is so very welcome.

We meet at Warmsworth Community Centre, Low Rd Tuesdays 7:00-9:00 pm

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Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School This term our centre if interest is Transport. The children have been exploring different types of transport and learning about Road Safety. During the first week of term we have been looking at cars old and new. Our planned visit to the Parkgate Transport Museum had to be cancelled but local resident Mr Miller came to the rescue!

The children had an unexpected treat when he very kindly brought a Penny Farthing and drove classic cars in to the school hall. Mr Miller talked to the Year 2 children about the special features of his cars and answered their questions. All year groups have enjoyed using the cars and Penny Farthing as a stimulus for their art work and writing over the spring term. Thank you Mr Miller.

On Wednesday 21st of March Orchard Infant School is hosting a Quiz Night to raise funds to renovate the Year 1 Quad and develop the outdoor area. Reception and Year 2 parents Kerry Pye and Caroline Perkins have very kindly organised the special night of entertainment and are planning a fantastic transformation of the existing Quad. Local businesses have donated some amazing raffle and auction prizes. Orchard parents have sponsored resources for the children to enjoy and given their time to help sell raffle tickets.

Thank you so much for your generosity and support for this event.

What a brilliant way to end the spring term with fantastic attendance at the Easter disco. We had lots of fun and the children enjoyed dancing and playing games. On the last day of term Orchard will be having its very own Easter egg style hunt in the playground.

The children will be searching for different coloured lollipop sticks and then in return they will enjoy a chocolate egg to take home for the school holidays.

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School News from Copley Junior School

We are keen to promote interest and enjoyment in reading at Copley Junior and, as always, we were delighted to see the children’s enthusiastic response to our World Book Day activities.

The children chose the theme of ‘Crime-Fighters’ to celebrate World Book Day and children (and staff!) were invited to come to school dressed as a crime-fighter featured in a fiction or non-fiction book. Can you guess the book titles from the costumes the children are wearing in the photographs below?

Book Swap On World Book Day all the children who brought a book for our swap event were invited to select a new title to take home. The children thoroughly enjoyed browsing and choosing, and it was made all the more enjoyable as there were so many titles to choose from.

Themed Reading Collection and Reading Challenge The children helped us choose 75 new ‘Crime-Fighters’ book titles which we displayed centrally for children to borrow and read. After just one week, the titles have been read 122 times so we are delighted by the enthusiastic response of the children. Our ‘Reading Challenge’ celebrates and rewards children’s success as they record their hours of reading.

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Cross Country Success Many congratulations to our Year 3-4 cross country teams who competed in the county finals following their earlier success at the Doncaster Championships.

On a decidedly chilly afternoon, our intrepid teams competed at the South Yorkshire Finals at Cannon Hall against 550 finalists from across Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield. This was a great opportunity for our pupils to compete at an elite event. We are so proud of all the children as they demonstrated great effort, stamina, enthusiasm and sporting behaviour.

Our Year 3-4 boys came third in county, which is a fantastic achievement!

We look forward to sharing more school news next month.

Best wishes, E.A. Crayton, Head teacher

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Richmond Hill Primary School News Magnification Magic!

This year, we were lucky enough to loan a class set of microscopes from the Royal Microscopical Society. The microscopes have been used across a variety of year groups in school and every pupil has used them with great enthusiasm and interest.

We have learned about magnification and field of vision and have predicted, compared and contrasted what we can see with our eyes, a magnifying glass and the microscopes. We have enjoyed looking at a wide range of materials under the microscopes, including water droplets, newspaper samples, sand, coffee, foam, baby powder, sugar, herbs and even dead wasps!

Our pupils have enjoyed the use of the microscopes so much that we have already applied to the RMS to loan them again for 2019!

Using Our Imagination After joining the Imagination Library Project - Supporting Parent Partnerships and Developing Reading with young children and their parents, we have been busy implementing ideas at Richmond Hill in Foundation.

Since joining the project in February, children have shared a number of their Imagination Library books in class including ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’, which became our focus for this half term. The children are enthralled in the text and even got Fiona Cann, the programme leader, involved in their activities when she visited the school.

Thanks to ideas from the project, we now have a book sharing morning happening once a week before school in Foundation, which has immediately been a huge success. Thank you to all the parents and carers who have been so far!

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World Book Day Sponsored Read We recently took part in a sponsored read for World Book Day. Year 6 were partnered with Year 2 and took turns in reading to one another.

Everyone involved had a really enjoyable time! The Year 2 and Year 6 teachers were really impressed with the genuine collaboration they saw from both year groups.

Hill House Visit with Caryl Hart Our Foundation pupils had an exciting visit to Hill House School, as part of our ongoing partnership. Pupils had lots of fun with poems, stories and interactions with the author Caryl Hart over the visit!

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Tel: 01302 782436 Sprotbrough Rd., Doncaster, DN5 8BA

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Sprotbrough Community Library would like to expand its community activity timetable through its room hire provision. We welcome people who are wanting to run regular classes either term time only or weekly all year round. Maybe you want to get a new group off the ground and need help to publicise it. We're especially interested in groups related to the arts, learning and health sectors. Hobby groups are also welcome in addition to ad hoc meeting room hire for AGM's and business meetings, etc.

We have room hire availability during the day week, plus evenings and weekends outside of normal library opening hours. We have 2 large meeting rooms with one equipped with projector & laptop facilities, and a small meeting room suitable for interviews. Prices start from just £6 per hour. We also have free WiFi, kitchen and refreshment facilities, plus a computer suite also available for hire.

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What’s On In Sprotbrough?

Day

Activity

Meeting Place

Mon

Rainbows

Scout Barn in Sprotbrough Village

Time 5.30pm

Mon

Rising 2’s play session

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.00-11.30am

Mon

Rising 2’s play session

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

12.30- 3.00pm

Mon

Brownies

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

6.15-7.45pm

Mon

Beavers (6-7yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

6.00-7.30pm

Mon

French Conversation Group

Sprotbrough Community Library

6.00—8.00pm

Mon

Seniors ‘Dancercise’ Keep fit class

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

10.15—11.15am

Mon

Adult Beginners Ballroom/Latin Dance

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

2pm –3pm

Tue

Sprotbrough Starz

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-11am

Tue

Coffee Morning (Term time only)

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

10.30-11.30am

Tue

Tuesday Club

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.30-4.00pm

Tue

Painting Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

2.00-4.00pm

Tue

Dancing

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

4.00-7.00pm

Tue

Story time & Activities (term time)

Sprotbrough Library

1pm—2pm

Tue

Taekwondo

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

6.00-9.00pm

Tue

Cubs (8-10yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

6.30-8.00pm

Tue

Cubs 'Kestrels' (8-10yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

6.45-8.15pm

Wed

Rising 2’s Playgroup

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.00-11.30am

Wed

Sprotbrough Park Playtime (term time)

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

9.30-11am

Wed

Sequence Dance—Ian Sadler

Royal British Legion

1pm –3.30pm

Wed

Story Time & Activities Alternate weeks

Sprotbrough Library

1.30pm—2.30pm

Wed

Dancing

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

4.00-7.00pm

Wed

Taekwondo

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

5.30-6.30pm

Wed

Sequence Dance Club

St Mary’s Church Hall

7.30pm—10pm

Wed

Cubs 'Falcons' (8-10yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

6.45-8.15pm

Wed

Scouts (11-14yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

7.00-9pm

Thurs

Coffee Morning

The Stable, Main Street, Sprotbrough

10—11.30am

Thurs

Little tykes (childminders drop in)

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15—11.00am

Thurs

Thursday Club

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.30-4.00pm

Thurs

Dancing Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

4.45-8.45pm

Thurs

Brownies

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

6.00-7.30pm

Thurs

Yoga Class

St Marys Church Hall

7—8.30pm

Thurs

Beavers (6-7yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

5.30-6.30pm

Thurs

Scouts (11-14yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

7.00-9.15pm

Thurs

Explorer Scouts (14-18yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

7.30-9.30pm

Fri

Sprotbrough Starz

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-11am

Fri

Tea Dance

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.00-4.00pm

Fri

Taekwondo

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

6.30-9.00pm

Sat

Sequence Dancing

Royal British Legion Club

7.30—10.30pm

Sat

Dancing Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-3.15pm

Sun

Sunday Club

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

10am—11am

Sun

t-Time, Crafts, bible stories and more

St Marys Church Hall

4—5pm—check hall for dates

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What’s on in Warmsworth?

Day

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

Monday

Playgroup

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9am-3.15pm

Tuesday

Playgroup

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9am-3.15pm

Tuesday

Brownies

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

6pm-7.30pm

Tuesday

Ladies Club

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

Wednesday

Playgroup

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9am-3.15pm

Wednesday

Ladies Dancing

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

8pm-9pm

Thursday

Playgroup

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9am-3.15pm

Thursday

Dancing Class

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

4pm-9pm

Thursday

Watercolours

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

10am-12 noon

Thursday

JW Club

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

1.30pm-2.30pm

Friday

Playgroup

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9am-3.15pm

Saturday

Children’s Dancing

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

10am-12noon

Sprotbrough Community Centre Bookings Tel: 788093 Methodist Church Hall Bookings Tel: 570036 (office hours 10am-12noon Tue & Fri) St Marys Church Hall Bookings Tel: 07891 813986 Warmsworth Community Centre Tel: 01302 858200

Monthly Events in Sprotbrough & Warmsworth Monthly

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

3rd Monday 1st & 3rd Tuesday

St Mary’s Mothers Union

The Stable, Main Street, Sp’boro

7.30pm- 9.30pm

Sequence Dancing

Royal British Legion Club

7.30-10.30pm

1st Wednesday

Sprotbrough Wives

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

7.30-10.00pm

2nd Thursday

Lunch Club

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

12.15pm - 2.00pm

2nd Tuesday

Jigsaw Puzzle library & Coffee

The Stable, main Street, Sprotbrough

10—12noon

2nd Tuesday

Sprotbrough WI

St Mary’s Church Hall

7.30—9.30pm

Last Thursday of month

Parish Luncheon Club

Newton Arms, Sprotbrough Rd

12 for 12.30pm

2nd Monday

Ladies Club Committee

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

2nd Monday

Parish Council meeting

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

2nd Wednesday

Pudding Club

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

3rd Thursday

Community Partnership

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

6.30pm—7.30pm

1st Thursday

Warmsworth WI

Warmsworth Community Centre

7—9pm

1st Friday

Baby Clinic

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

1pm—3pm

2nd Monday

Ward Councillors Surgery

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

6—7pm

1st Tuesday

Warmsworth & Edlington Lions Club

The Holiday Inn, Warmsworth, DN4 NUX

7pm

3rd Wednesday

Warmsworth Neighbourhood Watch

Cricket Club

7pm

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